VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM 137 - Courtesy ARUN

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(137) Chaturaatmaa -The Self is described as four-fold when we

consider the Atman as the Glory (Vibhooti) of the Self. Thus, the

Essential factors, with which alone the endless play of creation,

sustenance and destruction can continue, are the glories of the Self

(Aatma-Vibhooti). In Vishnu Purana, four distinct vibhooties of the

Lord -when He functions as the creator, sustainer and destroyer -are

found enumerated. From the standpoint of a Vedantic student, since in

the Non-dual Reality there cannot be anything other than It- self, all

the plays of the gross, the subtle and causal bodies, in the microcosm

and in the macrocosm, are the glories (vibhooties) of the One Self. In

the Absolute, in the Eternal, all these are transcended; these- the

water, dreamer, deep-sleeper, the Tureeya -are all Its Glories. The

Possessor of these Glories is the One that transcends even " Tureeya " ;

He is called as the Tureeyaateetah.